A SPECIALIST electric kebab carving knife, worth £1,300, was stolen during a break-in at a fish and chip shop, Bolton Crown Court was told.

But DNA analysis on a spot of blood found at the scene led police straight to Najeeb Khan in prison, where he admitted the offence.

The court heard that Khan's partner and his family now refused to have anything to do with him because of his repeat offending caused by his heroin addiction.

Khan, aged 28, of Cross Ormerod Street, Deane, appeared for sentence at Bolton Crown Court. He had previously admitted burglary on September 5 last year.

Prosecutor David Morton said an employee of the Fryaway chip shop on Bradshawgate in Bolton arrived to find a break-in.

The back door had been damaged and the lock lay on the floor. When the owner arrived he discovered that property worth a total of £1,500, including the kebab carving knife, had been stolen. But a spot of blood found on the till was sent for a DNA profile and it was found to match that of Khan.

He was interviewed at Forest Bank prison where he admitted to the burglary but couldn't remember much because of his heroin addiction. The court heard that he had a number of previous convictions and had served a 22-month prison sentence for dishonesty. Shahid Ali, defending, said Khan was currently serving a prison sentence for other matters and that his problems had been caused by his heroin addiction.

He had tried to come off the drug several times but each time he had lapsed and had now had lost access to his former partner and their two children

Judge Bruce Macmillan jailed Khan for 12 months concurrent to the sentence he was already serving.